Making the capital city sound
Under the motto "Berlin needs music!", the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin will once again swarm out on the weekend of 4 and 5 September to nring music to the capital city – with chamber concerts in public squares, in front of social institutions and on Berlin's waterways.
Sat, 4.9.: »Tour de la musique«
On Saturday, 4 September, the musicians of the DSO invite you to a "Tour de la musique" at ten public places in Berlin. Starting at 11 a.m., small pop-up concerts in different formations can be experienced at various corners of the city of Berlin. The audience can follow the tour to its individual stops, ideally by bicycle, as if on a musical bike tour, collecting stamps at each station to receive a DSO surprise bag or even win two free tickets to a concert by the orchestra.
»Tour de la musique« Stops

Time | Place | Ensemble / Programme | ||||
1 | 11.00 – 11.30 | Winterfeldtplatz (Market) | Oboe Trio Music by Beethoven, Hadamowsky, etc. | |||
2 | 12.00 – 12.30 | Marheinekeplatz (Market) | Cello Quartet Music by Bach, Beethoven, The Beatles etc. | |||
3 | 13.00 – 13.30 | Mariannenplatz (Bethanien) | Zehlendorfer Bläseroktett Members of DSO's Subscribers' Orchestra Music by Händel, Mozart, Farkas and Schultz | |||
4 | 14.00 – 14.30 | Humboldt Forum (Schlüterhof) | Bassoon Quartet Music by Anderson, Debussy, Gabrieli, Händel etc. | |||
5 | 14.45 – 15.15 | Mall of Berlin (Piazza) | The Second Violins Music by Bacewicz, Dvořák, Hellmesberger etc. | |||
6 | 15.30 – 16.00 | Gendarmenmarkt (monument) | String Trio Music by Mozart | |||
7 | 16.15 – 16.45 | Rotes Rathaus (Rathausstraße) | Trombone Quartet Music by Bruckner, Gershwin, Mendelssohn etc. | |||
8 | 17.15 – 17.45 | Monbijoupark (Dance floor) | Brass Quintet Music by Haydn and J. Strauß Son | |||
9 | 18.15 – 18.45 | Reichstag (Lawn) | Contrabass Duo Music by Bottesini | |||
10 | 19.15 – 19.45 | Lustgarten (Old Museum) | TRIKESTRA Improvisation on Bach, Seifert etc. |
Sa, 4.9.: Bus tour to social institutions
Also on Saturday 4 September, a double-decker bus with chamber music ensembles from the orchestra will visit social institutions in Spandau, Charlottenburg, Reinickendorf and Pankow.
Time | Place | Ensemble / Programme | ||||
1 | 11.00 – 11.30 | Seniorenresidenz Katharinenhof (Spandau) | String Quartet | |||
2 | 12.00 – 12.30 | Seniorendomizil Wilhelmstift (Charlottenburg) | String Quartet Music by Borodin, Ravel | |||
3 | 13.00 – 13.30 | Seniorenhaus Zobelitzstraße | Trombone Quartet | |||
4 | 14.05 – 14.35 | Seniorenresidenz Cajewitz-Stiftung | Trombone Quartet |
So, 5.9.: Musik am Wasser
Finally, on Sunday 5.9, the event will continue on water: DSO ensembles will board a raft in the Rummelsburger Bucht to provide classical entertainment along the river banks from 10.30 am to 3 pm, starting at the Rummelsburger Bucht, passing through the Treptower Park, the Landwehrkanal and ending at the Urbanhafen.
Time | Place | Ensemble / Programme | ||||
1 | 10.30 – 12.00 | Rummelsburger Bucht → Insel der Jugend → Landwehrkanal → Urbanhafen | Polyphonia Ensemble Berlin | |||
2 | 12.30 – 15.00 | Urbanhafen → Landwehkanal → Insel der Jugend → Rummelsburger Bucht | String Quintet |
Live music is not a luxury
With "Berlin needs music!", the DSO, in cooperation with the Bürgerstiftung Berlin, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, the Humboldt Forum and Unkraut e. V., and with the financial support of its Circle of Friends, expresses the conviction that the experience of live music is not a luxury but the filfilment of a basic human need. At the same time, the campaign is intended to draw attention to the continuing plight of independent cultural practitioners and specifically solicits donations for the emergency fund of the German Orchestra Foundation.